Milk-bottle holder.



C. AUER.

MILK BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2a. 1915.

magma Pateilted July 10, 1917.

WilllllllllilllilllllilHI A TTORNE Y 8 CARL AUER, 0F FRAGARIA, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-EIGHTH T0 FRANK RUETH, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

MILK-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1917.

Application filed October 28, 1916. Serial No. 128,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fragaria, in the county of Kitsap and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Milk- Bottle Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

This invention relates to bottle holders and particularly to an improved milk bottle holder and has for an object the provision of a simple, strong construction easily operated by the Inilkman and by the occupant of the house.

Another object in view is to provide a holder for milk bottles in which a catch is utilized for preventing a reverse movement of the bottle carrying member, the catch being associated with a spring so as to properly operate though arranged loosely in position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a milk bottle holding device which is connected to the door jamb in such a way that the securing means are covered and the various parts which operate are covered in a manner to prevent the operation of the device by an instrument.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a holder embodying the invention, the same being shown applied.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 2-2.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 on line 33.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the catch and spring.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bracket, the same being on a reduced scale.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a door jamb of any suitable kind and 2 a door held in place by a hinge 3 in the usual manner. A bracket 4 is connected with the jamb 1 through the use of a clip 5 having a dovetailed way 6 arranged therein for receiving the dovetailed end 7 of bracket 4:. The clip 5 is held in position by suitable screws 8 and 9, the heads of which are covered by the dovetailed end 7. The end 7 is preferably made slightly tapering so that it may be slidingly fitted into position, as shown in Fig. 1, and moved out of position when door 2 is opened, or may be driven tightly into posi- 7 free end of the bracket is provided with a ring 10 extending on both sides of the bracket, as shown in Fig. 3, one side overlapping the flange 11 of the carrier 12 and theother flange overlapping the cap 13. lVithin the ring 10 a pair of slots 14 and 15 is arranged, a central aperture 16 for receiving the retaining screw 17 and apertures 18 and 19 for receiving screws 20 and 21 which pass through said apertures and into cap 13, whereupon cap 13 is held rigidly in place on the bracket.

As shown in Fig. 3, cap 13 is provided with ahollowed-out raised portion 22 for receiving the end of spring 23, which spring bears against the catch 24 on a suitable raised portion 25 formed on the catch for holding the spring in place. Catch 24 is provided with cam members 26 and 27 which are rounded on one face and square on the opposite face, whereby the webs or raised portions 28 and 29 formed integrally with the carrier 12 may strike the rounded portions of the cams and raise the catch until the catch has been passed, whereupon the spring 23 will cause the catch to snap back into position and thereby prevent a reverse movement of the carrier 12. The cams 26 and 27 extend through the slots 14 and 15 and move up and down in these slots according to the rotation of the carrier 12, which may be rotated in one direction but not in the opposite direction, namely, in the direction of the arrow 30 (Fig. 1).

By this construction and arrangement the deliveryman may remove the empty bottle from the carrier when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 1 and substitute a full bottle, after which he may rotate the carrier in the direction of the arrow 30 until the carrier assumes the position shown in dotted lines, whereupon the carrier is locked against a reverse movement and cannot be ,in Fig. 1, ready for the deliveryman. The

' at the outer end of the flange on wall 33' in order to prevent accidental removal of the bottle by an authorized person.

In order to assemble the parts, especially cap 13, the carrier 12 is provided with an aperture 37 through which a screw driver or other tool may be forced in order to apply or remove the screws 20 and 21. It will beobserved that the carrier may freely rotate in one direction but cannot rotate in the opposite direction and that all of the moving parts of the catch and associated mechanism are covered, thus preventing an unauthorized person from tampering with the locking mechanism. As seen more particularly in Fig. 3, flange 10 is formed equally on opposite sidesof the bracket 4 and the-apertures l4 and 15 are identically constructed, whereby when assemblingv the bracket with the carrier 12 the same may be assembled, as shown in the drawing or the bracketmay be turned over so as to fit on theopposite side vof the door frame in "the way when moved in one direction and to be-stopped by the cams when movedin the opposite direction whereby the carrier can, rotate in one direction only.

. 2 A milk bottle holder comprising a bracket formed. with a pair of arc-shaped slots,,a catch having a pair of cam mem bers extending-through said slots, a spring for normally holding said catch against the bracket, a; carrier provided with a pair of lugs adapted to engage said cams and raise the same when: moved in one direction, said .camsxhaving beveled faceson one side and a straight face on the oppositeside so as to prevent the. rotationof the carrier in one direction. c

3. A milk bottle holder comprising a bracket formed. with a horizontal surface and. an upstanding annular flange on each side of said surface, said surface being provided with a pair of slots and a plurality of apertures, a bottle carrier provided with a flange fitting within the flange on the lower face of said horizontal surface, means extending through one of said apertures and into said carrier for pivotally mounting the carrier, a catch arranged on the upper face of the bracket and extending through said slots, lugs arranged on said carrier adapted to engage said catch, said catch being formed to permit the rotation of the lugs in one direction only, a cap covering said catch and fitting within the an nular flange on the upper face of said horizontal surface, and retaining means extending through some of the apertures in said bracket for connecting the cap with the bracket.

at. A holder for milk bottles comprising a carrier formed with an annular up-standing member, a bracket provided with a round structure extending above and below the body thereof, said ringstructure surrounding said up-standing member, means for pivotally connecting -said carrier with the bracket so that the up-standing member may rotate within the ring, a projection arranged on the upper part of said carrier, a catch mounted on said bracket and arranged to engage said projection, said catch having an inclined face on one side and a straight face on the opposite, where- .by the projection may pass beneath the catch when moving in one direction but will be prevented rotation in the opposite direction, means for holding said catch in proper operative position, and a cap mounted on said bracket covering the catch.

5. A milk bottle holder comprising a bracket provided with a ring structure at the outer end extending above and below the body of the bracket, said bracket being provided with a pair ofslots positioned within the ring structure, a catch having a crossbar and a pair of cams, said cams having an inclined face on one side and a straight face on the opposite side,a spring acting on said cross bar for causing the eamsqto normally project through said slots in said'bracket, a cap covering said catch, means for holdingthc cap in proper position, and a carrier formed with a pair of tip-standing members arranged to engage the beveled sides of the cams for raising the catch when the carrier is moved in one direction and engage the straight faces of the cams when. moved in the opposite direction, whereby the carrier is locked against a reverse rotary movement.

CARL AUER.

. Copies of this patentmay beobtained for five. cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

